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E. A. BRUCE & H. J. CAMPBELL.

COMBINED INKSTAND ANDPEN RACK. No. 887,280.. Patented Aug. 7, 1888.

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EDMUND A. BRUCE AND HUGH J. CAMPBELL, OF YANKTON, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

CDMBINED INKSTAND AND PEN=RACK.

SFECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,280, dated August'7, 1888.

Application filed Octoberlii, 1886. Renewed DecemherQQ, 1887. Serial No.258,752. (No model.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDMUND A. BRUCE and HUGH J. CAMPBELL,CitiZenS ofthe United States, residing at Yankton, in the county of Yanktonf andTerritory of Dakota, have invented anew and useful ImprovementinCombined Inkstand and Pen-Rack, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in inkstands and pen-holders; andit consists of the peculiar combination and novel constructlon andarrangement of the various parts for service, substantially ashereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The primary object ofour invention is to provide improved means forsupporting and holding pen and penholders ofany size or shapeinavertical or upright position,and with the point of the pen downward, sothat the ink thereon will flow or drop downward from the pen whenthelatter is fitted in the holder, thereby very materially increasingthe efficiency and durability of the pen by keeping it free fromaccumulations of ink thereon; and, further, providing a means, by theuse of a conical-shaped tube or cell, whereby a pen or penholderinserted in the top of said tube or cell will descend into the sameuntil that part of the pen or pen-holder which islargest or widest comesin contact with the sides of said conical tube or cell and is arrestedthereby and held securely in an upright position, thus providing themeans whereby pens or pen-holders of any size can be easily placed andheld therein without injury to the nib or point of pen or pens.

A further object of our invention is to provide the pen holding orsupporting device with means whereby the ink flowing from the penssupported therein will be caught and retained to prevent the inkstandand other articles and furniture from being defaced and soiled by thewaste inks, said device being easily and readily cleaned when desired,and arranged at a suitable distance from the penholding devices, so thatthe pens will not be immersed in the waste ink.

A further object of our invention is to pro vide an improved inkstandand pen-holder combined, which shall be ornamental and attractive inappearance,cheap and inexpensive of manufacture, and efficient andreliable in service.

In the drawings hereto anneXed,Figure 1 is a top or plan view of acombined inkstand and pen-holder embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view on the line as w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detachedview, in perspective, of the pen-holder on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 isa sectional view on the line 3/ ofFig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the figures, A designates the base of ourinvention, upon which is mounted or placed the inkwells B. The base andink-wells may be formed in a single piece of glass or other suit-ablematerial; or the base may be of metal or wood and the ink-wells of glassor like material. The ink-wells are designed to receive inks of anysuitable colors as, for instance, red and blackand they are arranged atthe front of the base, on opposite sides thereof and in line with eachother, to provide an intervening space, in which is located a cushion,G, of any approved pattern. This cushion is also arranged at the frontof the base and between the ink-wells, so as to be out of the way andalways within convenient reach to insert a pin therein or withdraw onetherefrom.

The base Aof the device is extended in rear of the inkwells, as at d,and these extensions are each provided with a depressed socket or seat,(1, on the upper side and at the middle thereof, in which are removablyfitted the the drip pans or trays of the pen-holding devices D, whichwill be hereinafter more fully described. The pen-holding devices arethus arranged immediately in rear of the ink-wells, and the base isprovided with arecessed chamber or receptacle, E, between the socketsfor the pen-holding devices and in rear of the pincushion 0, thischamber or receptacle being 9 provided for the safe retention andstorage of pens, rubbers, and other. writers accessories. The pen-holderD consists of one or more tubular receptacles, d", each of which is inthe form of an inverted cone and open at both its lower and upper ends,a receiving pan or tray, d which is arranged beneath the receptacles andout of contact therewith to receive the drippings from the pens and toprevent the latter from being immersed in the waste ink, and a bridge,(1, which is connected to the drip pan or tray and the conicalreceptacles to elevate thelowerextremities of thelatter above and out ofeontaet with the drip'pan.

We may'employ only one of the conical receptacles, in which case it isconnected to the bridge in such manner that the lower reduced endthereof opens through the bridge; but we prefer to employ a number ofthe receptacles for the purpose of holding a number of pens and pencils.These receptacles are grouped and arranged in any suitable manner, withtheir contracted ends brought together, and they are connected veryfirmly and securely together by soldering, inclosing-bands, or othersuitable means. T is said receptacles are further secured upon thebridge so that their lower ends are left open and free for the freeescape of the waste ink, and thelower extremities of the receptacles areelevated by the bridge above the drip-pan, to thereby prevent the pensand pencils inserted in the receptacles from being immersed in thecontents of the drip-pan.

Theoperation ofour invention will be readily .understood from theforegoing description,

against the sides of the receptacle, and is the sharpened end thereoffrom injury. If desired, the conical receptacles may be formed of coiledwire, or used separate and apart from combination herein described, andfor the sole purpose and use as a pen stand or rack.

Slight changes in the form and proportion of parts may be made withoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of ourinvention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pen-holder comprising a drip pan or tray and a receptacle elevatedabove and carried by the said pan,substantially as described, for thepurpose set forth.

2. A pen-holder comprising a drip pan or tray and an invertedcone-shaped receptacle suspended above the tray and having an open lowerend, substantially as described.

3. A pen-holder comprising a drip pan or tray, one or more cone-shapedreceptacles arranged above the pan, and a bridge intermediate of the panand the receptacle or receptacles, substantially as described, for thepurpose set forth.

4. A pen-holder comprising a single drip pan or tray, a series ofinverted conical receptacles grouped and connected together and havingthe open lower and upper ends, and a bridge intermediate of the drip-panand the receptacles to elevate the lower ends of the latter above thepan,substantially as described.

5. .As a new article of manufacture, a combined inkstand and pen-holdercomprising a base,the ink-wells arranged atone side thereof, thereceptacles E, and the grouped tubes connected with a drippan removablyfitted on the base, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND A. BRUCE. HUGH J. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

E. M. OBRIEN, W. L. BRUCE.

